Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i0P9IUI21898; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 04:18:31 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 04:18:31 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <2FF7AEA0-4E6F-11D8-8CC2-000393ABE4D2@litwomen.org> Errors-To: listowner@nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "mev@litwomen.org" <mev@litwomen.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2826] some grants that may be of use... X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.553) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 9002 Lines: 219 > ========================================= > RFP-BULLETIN > a service of the Foundation Center > ========================================= > > 1) Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Offers > Internship Grants for Graduate Students in > Humanities > > Deadline: April 2, 2004 > > Through its Humanities at Work program, the Woodrow Wilson > National Fellowship Foundation ( http://www.woodrow.org/ ) > seeks to increase awareness of the value of humanities > training and education to society at large and, in so > doing, to expand career opportunities for Ph.Ds both > inside and outside the academy. > > As part of this goal, the program offers Practicum Grants > to support internships for graduate students who wish to > explore the impact of their scholarship beyond the > university. The Humanities at Work initiative will award > up to ten Practicum Grants of up to $2,000 to support > humanities Ph.D. students who have created public > scholarship internships, engaging their scholarship in a > context outside of college teaching and research. > Internships should be completed by the end of the summer > of 2004. The range of internship possibilities is > unlimited. A successful applicant must demonstrate a > strong relationship between the proposed internship and > his/her field of study. > > Applicants must be currently enrolled Ph.D. students who > are making timely progress toward completion of their > degree in the humanities or humanistic social sciences. > Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. > The internship site must be located in the United States. > > For further information on the program and/or to download > a grant application form, see the Woodrow Wilson National > Fellowship Foundation Web site. > > RFP Link: http://www.woodrow.org/phd/About/about.html > > For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: > http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml > > -------------------------<<>>------------------------- > > 3) USA Funds Accepting Applications for College > Scholarships > > Deadline: March 15, 2004 > > Education-loan guarantor USA Funds ( http://www.usafunds.org/ ) > is accepting applications for two scholarship programs to > assist college students with demonstrated financial need. > > USA Funds will award up to $2.85 million in renewable USA > Funds Access to Education Scholarships to qualified > students nationwide. To mark its 25th year of service as > the designated guarantor of federal education loans for > the state of Hawaii, USA Funds also will award up to > $300,000 in USA Funds Hawaii Silver Anniversary Scholar- > ships to help residents of Hawaii pursue their postsecond- > ary studies. > > Both programs offer $1,500 scholarships to qualified full- > time undergraduate and graduate students and $750 scholar- > ships to qualified half-time undergraduates. > > Applicants for the scholarships must be enrolled or plan > to enroll in coursework at an accredited two- or four-year > college, university, or vocational/technical school > beginning with the fall 2004 term through February 1, > 2005. > > For complete eligibility information and to download an > application form, visit the USA Funds Web site. > > RFP Link: http://www.usafunds.org/ > > For additional RFPs in Education, visit: > http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_education.jhtml > > -------------------------<<>>----------------------- > > 4) Applications Available for Sallie Mae Fund Scholarships > > Deadline: Various > > In 2004, the Sallie Mae Fund ( http://www.salliemaefund.org/ ), > a charitable organization sponsored by student loan com- > pany Sallie Mae, will award more than $2.5 million in > scholarships to help enroll students in college through > its community-based initiative, Project Access. > > The fund seeks to help increase access to higher education > for a diverse generation of Americans through its support > of the following scholarship programs for ethnic minority > and underserved students. > > The Sallie Mae Fund First in My Family Scholarship Program: > Administered by the Hispanic College Fund, this program > offers scholarships to Hispanic-American students who are > first in their family to attend college. Scholarships > range from $500 to $5,000. (Deadline: April 15, 2004) > > The Sallie Mae Fund Unmet Need Scholarship Program: > Intended to help financial-aid officers meet the needs > of full-time undergraduate students whose financial-aid > packages fall short by $1,000 or more, this program is > open to families with a combined income of less than > $30,000. Scholarship awards, ranging from $1,000 to $3,800, > are intended to supplement, rather than substitute for, > aid received from an institution. (Deadline: May 31, 2004) > > The Sallie Mae Fund American Dream Scholarship Program: > Developed in partnership with the United Negro College > Fund, this program offers scholarships to African-American > students with demonstrated financial need. Scholarships > range from $500 to $5,000. (Deadline: April 15, 2004) > > In addition, the Sallie Mae Fund awards one $1,000 scholar- > ship to a future college student at each of its nationwide > "Paying for College" programs, a free informational work- > shop series. > > To be eligible for a Sallie Mae Fund scholarship, students > must be accepted and enrolled at an accredited, Title IV- > eligible, postsecondary two- or four-year college or > university, vocational, or technical school in the United > States or Puerto Rico and meet program-specific eligibility > requirements. > > For a complete listing of 2004 scholarship guidelines, > criteria, and application procedures, visit the Sallie Mae > Fund Web site. > > RFP Link: http://www.salliemaefund.org/bridging/index.html > > For additional RFPs in Education, visit: > http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_education.jhtml > > * -------------------------<<>>------------------------- > > 10) AT&T CARES Youth Service Action Fund Offers Grants > for National Youth Service Day > > Deadline: February 13, 2004 > > Youth Service America ( http://www.ysa.org/ ) and AT&T > have partnered to present the AT&T CARES Youth Service > Action Fund, which will provide support to young people > as they improve their communities through service on > National Youth Service Day, April 16-18, 2004. > > National Youth Service Day, a program of Youth Service > America, is designed to mobilize youth as leaders to > identify and address the needs of their communities > through service and service learning; support youth on > a lifelong path of service and civic engagement; and > educate the public, the media, and policymakers about > the year-round contributions of young people as community > leaders. > > Fifty grants of $500 each are available to young people > (ages 5-25) and organizations to implement service pro- > jects for National Youth Service Day. Grant applicants > must meet the following eligibility requirements: be an > organization (public, private, or nonprofit), or be a > youth between the ages of 5-25 and be a U.S. citizen or > permanent resident. > > Guidelines and application forms as well as information > on National Youth Service Day are available at the Youth > Service America Web site. > > RFP Link: http://www.ysa.org/awards/award_grant.cfm > > For additional RFPs in Philanthropy and Volunteerism, > visit: http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_philanthropy.jhtml > > -------------------------<<>>------------------------- > > 11) Young People Invited to Submit Ideas for Helping > Adults Quit Smoking > > Deadline: February 20, 2004 > > The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids > ( http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/ ) and the Consumer > Healthcare division of GlaxoSmithKline have announced > the "C.H.A.M.P.S.S. Help Parents Quit Smoking" Contest, > which will reward young people for their ideas on ways > to help a parent or adult loved one quit smoking. > > The contest, which is part of a national campaign called > C.H.A.M.P.S.S., or Children Helping And Motivating Parents > to Stop Smoking, invites youth ages 13-18 to log on to the > program's Web site and explain what they did or plan to > do to help their parent, or another adult smoker in their > lives, to quit smoking. > > Three contest finalists will receive $1,500 cash scholar- > ships, and from those finalists one grand-prize winner > will be selected to receive a $5,000 cash scholarship and > a trip for two to Washington, D.C., where he or she will > be recognized at the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids 2004 > Youth Advocates of the Year Award Ceremonies. > > For complete program information, see the C.H.A.M.P.S.S. > Web site. > > RFP Link: http://www.champss.org/ > > For additional RFPs in Substance Abuse, > visit: http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_sub_abusel.jhtml
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